Tens transfer device



Oct. 30, 1934.

E. BREITLING TENS TRANSFER DEVICE Filed Jan. 29, 1930 5 Sheets-Sheet 1OCt- 30, 1934. BRElTLlNG 1,978,930

TENS TRANSFER DEVICE Filed Jan. 29, 1950 5 Sheets-Sheet 2- Oct 30, 1934.E. BREITLINGF 1,978,930

TENS TRANSFER DEVICE Filed Jan. 29, 1930 5 Sheets-Sheet s Patented a.30, 1934 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE TENS TRANSFER DEVICE Ruhr, GermanyApplication January 29, 1930, Serial No. 424,372 In Germany February 1,1929 13 Claims.

The purpose of this invention is to improve the tens transmissionmechanism of totalizers generally, and it relates particularly to thattype of tens'transfer mechanism in which the tens transmission devicesare set by the counting members of the totalizer and those which are setare given a supplemental actuation from the driving mechanism of themachine, this supplemental actuation being preferably given successivelyin the different orders; starting with the lowest. The restoration ofdisplaced tens transfer parts preferably takes place at the beginning ofthe following operation of the machine.

In order to secure a compact construction in tens transfer mechanism ofthis kind, the supplemental actuating means and the restoring means are,in accordance with the invention, ar-

l totalizers mounted side by Side.

In the drawings is shown one form of themvention with two groups of thesupplemental actuation means and restoring means, for a totalizerarrangement having a plurality of totalizers, with the number wheels ofthe same orders of all the totalizers'arranged sideby side on a singleaxle.

Fig. 1 is a front view of the device, partly in section,

Fig. 2 is a section on the line 22 of Fig. 1, with thetotalizer-engaging mechanism added,

Fig. 3 is a detail section onthe line 33 of Figs. 1,.and 7, v

Fig. 4 is a detail section on the line 44 of Fig. 1,

Figs. 5 and 6 are detail sections on the line 5-5 of Figs. 1 and '7, fortwo difierent working positions- Fig. 7 is a longitudinal sectionthrough the tens transmission actuating shaft, the countershaft on whichthe restoring devices are mounted, and the driving mechanism,

Fig. 8 is a section on the line 8--8 of Fig. '7,

Fig. 9 is a detail section on the line 99 of Fig. 7, and

Fig. 10 is a detail section on the line l010 of Fig. 7.

The counting wheels 1 (Fig. 1) of the same order of agroup of ninetotalizers are mounted upon the extended hub 2 of driving wheels 3,which, in turn, are mounted in the frame 4 of the totalizer. Inside thehub 2 is a longitudinally slidable shaft 5, which carries in the rangeof each order a rider 6,- which is rotatable on the shaft, but cannotmove longitudinally thereon. Each rider 6 is guided in a longitudinalslit '7 in its respective hub 2 and, projecting through this slit,cooperates with the inner teeth 8 of counting wheels 1 in such a mannerthat by shifting the shaft 5 the counting wheels 1 of the ninetotalizers can be selectively coupled with the driving wheels 3. To theshaft 5 is rigidly connected a locking rod 9 (Fig. 2), which has alongitudinal groove 11 in which are received those peripheral lockingteeth 12 of the counting wheels which happen to be directed toward thelocking rod at the time. Cut-outs 13 are made in the locking rod 9 atthe places opposite the riders 6, these cut-outs permitting the movementof the counting wheels which are coupled. The counting wheels are drivenby differential members 14, through the intermediary of intermediatewheels 16, rotatably mounted in fixed positions on a shaft 15, andthrough tens transfer wheels 17. The latter are rotatably mounted uponeccentrics 18, which are borne upon sta-, tionary shaft 19. Thetotalizer frame 4 is mounted to swing upon a stationary shaft 21 (Fig.2) and is held, by a cam disk 22 cooperating with aroller on anextension 23 of the totalizer frame, either in the engaged positionshown in Fig. 2, or in the disengaged position in which the drivingwheels 3 are out of mesh with the tens transfer wheels 17. I

Qn the shaft 19 (Fig. 1) are mounted tens coupling members 24, oneopposite each order of the totalizers, except the highest. Each tenscoupling member has a tooth 25, the tens counter tooth, extending itswhole length, with which cooperate the tens setting teeth 26 (Figs. 1,2) of the counting wheels 1 'of the respective orders of all totalizers.The tens coupling member also has .two abutment faces 27, 28 (Fig. 4),arranged at an angle of 135 to one another. These abutment facescooperate with two abutment faces 29, 31 of the eccentric 18, arrangedat an angle of 180 to one another. The tens coupling member has,furthermore, teeth which cooperate in a manner described in detail belowwith actuating and locking disks fixed upon the shaft 15.

In the starting position (Fig. 4) the abutment face 27 of tens couplingmember 24 stands in contact with the abutment face 29 of the eccentric.If the actuating movement of the coupled counting wheel 1, which goes inclockwise direction (Fig. 2), results in a passage from 9 to 0, there isa turning movement of 45 imparted to the coupling member 24 (Fig. 4),through the intermediary of the tens setting tooth 26 (Fig. 1) and tenscounter tooth 25 (Fig. 4), so that the abutment face 28 of couplingmember 24 comes in contact with the abutment face 31 of the eccentric18. The tens coupling member 24 is provided, in addition to the tenscounter tooth 25, with four teeth 32 to 35 (Fig. 5) at its left end(Fig. 1). These teeth cooperate with a spring influenced click 37loosely mounted on a countershaft 36, the purpose of which click is toyieldingly hold the coupling member 24 in every position. The two teeth32, 33 are lengthened toward the right (Fig. 1) and reach into the pathof an actuating disk 38 (Figs. 1 and 5) having a tooth 39 (Fig. 5), agap 41, and a peripheral locking surface 42. In the abovementionedturning of the coupling member 24 through 45 to the left, which iscaused by a passage from 9 to 0, the tooth 33 comes into the path oftooth 39 (Fig. 5) of disk 38, that is, it assumes the position in whichtooth 34 stands in Fig. 5. In the rotation of shaft 15, which takesplace in clockwise direction after the differentialdrive of the countingwheels, the coupling member is moved, by the cooperation of teeth 33, 32with tooth 39 and gap 41, further, so that it arrives in the positionshown in Fig. 6. At the same time the eccentric 18 was turnedcounter-clockwise 90 through the action of face 28 on face 31 (Fig. 4),so that by means of the tens transfer wheel 1'? (Figs. 2, 6) mounted onthe eccentric 18 the tens unit was transferred to that counting wheel 1of the next higher order which was coupled. The teeth 39 (Fig. 5) andgaps 41 are arranged, in known manner, in a screw line around the shaft15, for carrying out a transfer of tens running through the orders.

The restoration of a coupling member 24 which has been displaced in thetens transfer takes place at the beginning of the next operation of themachine, when, as described below,

a partial rotation of 120" is imparted to the shaft 15. For the purposeof returning the coupling members 24, they have on their right ends(Fig:

1) five teeth 40, which are contantly in mesh with teeth 20 (Figs. 3,'7) of a restoring pinion- 30 mounted on countershaft 36. The restoringpinion is, further, provided with four teeth 43 to 46 (Figs. 5, 6). Theteeth 43 to 45 cooperate with three teeth 4'7, 48, 49 of a restoringdisk 51 fastened on shaft 15. The tooth 43 is, moreover, made so broadthat it comes into the plane of a locking disk 52 arranged beside therestoring disk 51. The locking disk 52 has a locking surface 54interrupted by a gap 53. The tooth 46 cooperates with this locking disk52 in the same way as tooth 43.

In the starting position, that is, when there has been no transfer oftens during the preceding operation of the machine, the restoring pinion30 is in the position indicated in Fig. 5, in which its tooth 43 restsupon the locking surface 54, locking the restoring pinion 30 againstclockwise rotation and the coupling member 24 against counter clockwiserotation. The eccentric 18 is thereby also locked against counterclockwise rotation by the two abutment faces 27, 29. Clockwise rotationof the eccentric- 18 and the coupling member 24, and counter clockwiserotation of the restoring pinion 30 are prevented by the engagement oftens transfer wheel 17 mounted on the eccentric with the intermediatewheel 16, which limits the clockwise swinging of the tens transfer wheelaround the shaft 19. If the shaft 15 is turned with the restoring pinion30 in this position, the teeth 47 to 49 of restoring disk 51 pass idlyby the restoring pinion 30. g

If there has been a transfer of tens during the preceding operation, therestoring pinion 30 assumes the position shown in Fig. 6, in which itstooth 45 stands in the path of tooth 47 of restoring disk 51, and itstooth 46 rests upon the locking surface 54, so that, together with thecoupling member 24, it is locked against rotation in either direction,since the tooth 32 of the coupling member rests upon the locking surface42. In the position shown in Fig. 6 the eccentric 18 is locked. againstclockwise turning by the abutment faces 28, 31 (Fig. 4), against counterclockwise rotation by the engagement of tens transfer wheel 17 withintermediate wheel 16. If theshaft 15 is turned with the restoringpinion 30 in this position (Fig. 6), at the beginning of an operation ofthe machine, when the counting wheels 1 are out of engagement with thetens transfer Wheels 17, them-after the locking surface 42 has releasedtooth 32, the restoring pinion 30 is turned back, that is,counter-clockwise in Fig. 6, by the action of teeth 47 to 49 on teeth 45to 43, the tooth 43 running into the gap 53 on the way. The couplingmember 24 is also returned to the starting position shown in Fig. 5 andthe eccentric is thereby carried along through 90 by the abutment faces27, 29 (Fig. 4),'in the last 90 of the rotation, whereby it is restoredto its starting position. Following the restoring operation, while thetooth 43 (Fig. 5) is still 120 in engagement with the locking surface54, the counting wheels 1 are coupled to the tens transfer wheels 17.Hereupon follows the entering of the amount by differentially drivingthe counting wheels, accompanied in certain cases 5 by the preparatoryturning through 45 of coupling members 24 by the passage ofcorresponding counting wheels from 9 to 0. Then, during the furtherturning of shaft 15 through the remaining 240", the transfer of tens iscompleted 330 in the manner above described. At the beginning of thistransfer completion rotation of shaft 15 looking surfaces 55 (Fig. 4) ofdisks 56 fixed upon the shaft 15 to the left side ofv each actuatingdjsk38 (Fig. 1) run under arcuate cut-outs 335 5'7 (Figs. 4, 1) inextensions of the eccentrics 18. The eccentrics are thereby aligned andtem-- porarily locked in aligned position until the teeth 39 of therespective orders run against the coupling members 24. 143

In totalizers having a large number of orders it is necessary to makethe actuating disks 38 of large diameter, in order to be able to arrangeon them the necessary number of driving teeth 39 with the necessaryrelative angular spacing. 145 In order to reduce the considerable amountof room required by this arrangement, the step shaft 15 is, inaccordance with this invention, divided into a plurality of parts andthe parts are driven one after another in such a manner, 150

that first the part coordinated with the lower orders is turned whilethe other part or parts remain stationary, and then the other part orparts are driven successively, all but the'one driven being heldstationary meanwhile. Further reduction in the space required for theactuating and locking disks described above is obtained by making thereturn motion of the parts of the shaft through 120 take place'simultaneously instead of successively.

The driving mechanism for the tens transfer furthermore includes adevice which makes it possible to interrupt the turning of actuating andlocking disks 56, 38, 52, 51 during the taking of totals. Since therestoring drive takes place during the first part of the opera tion ofthe machine and in total-taking the totalizer is engaged during the sametime, heretofore an idle operation has always been required before everytotal-taking operation. But if, as in this case, the restoring drive isinterrupted by throwing out the driving mechanism during a'total-takingoperation, the idle operation becomes unnecessary.

The details of the driving mechanism for the actuating and locking disksfor tens transfer are as follows:

Mounted coaxially with the part 15 ofthe step shaft (Figs. 1, 7), whichcarries the actuating and locking disks 56, 38, 52, 51 for the higherorders, is a step shaft part 15', on which are mounted the correspondingdisks for the lower orders of the totalizer. The shaft 15' receives itsdrive from countershaft 36 (Fig. 7), which has a toothed wheel 58meshing with a toothed wheel 59 fastened on the shaft 15'. At itsopposite end the countershaft 36 has a toothed wheel 61 fixed to itmeshing with a coupling pinion 62, which also meshes with a toothedwheel 63 loosely mounted upon countershaft 36 and engaging a toothedwheel 64 loose on shaft 15. The shaft 15 is similarly driven through atoothed wheel 65 loosely mounted upon it, a toothed wheel 66 looselymounted upon countershaft 36, a coupling pinion 67, a double-toothedwheel 68, 69, and a toothed wheel '71 fastened to the shaft 15.

The two coupling pinions 62, 67 are mounted upon a common stub shaft 72supported on a carrier '74 (Fig. 8) rockably mounted on a stationaryshaft 73. vTo the carrier '74 is pivoted a thrust-rod 75 hearing aroller 76 which engages in the groove of a cam segment 78 fastened to ashaft 77. The shaft 77 is connected by an arm 79 and link 81 with thelever 82 which determines the kind of operation of the machine. In theposition indicated in the drawings, this lever is adjusted for addition,and the coupling pinions 62, 67 stand in engagement with the wheels 61,63 and 66, 68,'respectively. Therefore the driving force of wheels 64,65 (Fig. '7) is transmitted to the two shaft parts 15', 15, re-

spectively. As the lever 82 (Fig. 8) is turned to the right to atotal-taking position, the thrust-rod 75 is moved down, under theinfluence of cam disk 78, so that the coupling pinions 62, 67 come outof engagement with wheels 61, 63, 66 and 68. At the same time lookingnoses 83 (Fig. 8) of carrier 74 come into engagement with toothed wheels61 and 68 (Figs. 7, 8) and hold them, together with the two shafts 15,15', in position of rest. The coupling pinions 62, 67 are held, in theirdisengaged position, by spring influenced pawls 84 on the carrier 74.Consequently, during total-taking the driving motion of wheels 64, 65 isnot transmitted to the shafts 15, 15', which remain in their position ofrest.

To the toothed wheel 64 (Fig.- 7) is rigidly connected a driving pinion85' similar to a Geneva driving wheel, and to the toothed wheel 65 isrigidly fixed a similar driving pinion 85. Both driving pinions 85, 85'(Figs. 7 to 9) cooperate through nine toothed portions with drivingdisks 87, 87, which have duplicate sets of three driving teeth 88, 88'and six driving teeth 89, 89C. The second parts of driving pinions 85,85 (Figs. 8, 9) have seven teeth and two gaps 91, 92, each formed byomitting a tooth. These second parts of driving pinions 85, 85 cooperatewith looking disks 93, 93, which are rigidly J mounted beside drivingdisks 87, 87' upon a hub 95 (Fig. 7) on a shaft 94. The sectors oflocking disks 93, 93 opposite the groups of teeth 88, 88 (Figs. 8, 9)and 89, 89' have cut-outs 96, 96' and 97, 97, which permit the turningof the driving pinions during the passage ofthe groups of teeth.

The position shown in Figs. 8 and 9 is the position of rest. The gaps 92are engaged by the locking disks 93, 93'. When the group of 'disks 8'7,8'7, 93, 93 is turned counter clockwise,

the groups of teeth 88, 88' arrive at their driving ,pinions 85, 85 andcause them to turn 120,

which results in a turning of shafts 15, 15 through the same angle. Atthe end of this procedure the gaps 91 are engaged by the looking disks93, 93'. This partial rotation of shafts 15, 15' through 120 causes therestoration, in the manner previously described, of any tens transferparts displaced during the preceding operation of the machine. If thelever 82 is positioned, at total-taking, the partial rotation of pinions85, 85' is without influence upon the shafts 15, 15' as above described.

After a period of time, in-which the hub 95 (Fig. 7) with its drivingand locking disks remains stationary, in order to allow time for theexecution of other operations of the machine, the hub 95 is driven againby an amount which completes a half revolution. During this time thegroup of teeth 89' (Fig. 9) first reaches its driving pinion 85, andimparts to it the remaining revolution of 240, which completes therevolution of shaft 15 through 240, causing the completion of the tenstransfer in the lower orders in the manner above described. At the endof this motion, when the gap 92 of driving pinion 85 is again engaged bylocking disk 93, the group of teeth 89 (Fig. 8) reaches the drivingpinion 85 and drives it in the same way, turning the shaft 15 in thesame manner as shaft 15'. 4

The intermittent drive of hub 95 (Fig. 7) is caused by a toothed wheel98 fastened to it and provided with ten teeth, two broad full gaps 96(Fig. 10), and two half gaps 97, and also by a toothed disk 99 likewisefastened on the hub 95. The latter is provided with two groups of eightteeth 100, between which there is a full gap 101 and a half gap 102.With the toothed disk 99 cooperates a driving segment 105 having fiveteeth 164 and mounted on a main drive shaft 103, and a locking disk 108provided with two locking surfaces 106, 107. With the toothed wheel 98cooperates a four-toothed driving segment 109 and a locking disk 113having two locking surfaces 111, 112.

In the position of rest of the machine, these parts are in the positionindicated in Fig. 10, in which the locking surface 106 engages par-'against rotation in either direction. When the shaft 103 is driven withuniform speed clockwise, after the locking surface 111 has left the gap96, the teeth 104 engage the teeth 100 and turn the group of disks onthe hub 95 for the purpose of restoring the tens transfer parts, untilthe locking surface 107 enters the gap 101. Here there is a temporary.pause of the group of disks, until the locking surface 112, whichentered the half gap 97 as the locking surface 107 left the gap 101,moves out of the half gap 9'7. Then the driving segment 109 engages thetoothed wheel 98 and imparts to it and the group of disks connected withit the partial rotation which completes the transfer oftens and finishesthe half rotation of the group of disks. At this time the disks on shaft103 have resumed the. position shown in Fig. 10. The

second half rotation of the hub 95 and its disks takes placeat the nextoperation of. the machine. It will be seen that the two shafts 15, 15'are always being either .positivelymoved or positively locked. By thearrangement of the two sets of driving disks on the shafts 94 and 103,not only are the individual partial rotations more exactly limited thanwith arrangements having a single set of driving disks, but a morecompact construction is attained. Furthermore, the wear on the drivingparts is reduced, due to the shortening of-the sliding -1ocking surfacesrequired during times when parts are held stationary in machines havingonly a single set of driving disks. 1 To summarize the mode of operationof the.

machine: The counting wheels 1 during adding operations of the machineare operated during the return movement of the differential actuthecounting wheels remain unaffected.

- Assuming that one of the counting wheels of a lower order passes from9 to 0, and it is necessary that a transfer of a unit be imposed uponthe next higher order, the same is effected by rockingcounter-clockwisethe eccentric 18, upon which the tens transfer wheel 17of the last mentioned order is rotatably mounted, which has the effectof advancing that wheel another unit in addition to that impartedthereto by the differential actuating mechanism. This rocking movementupon the eccentric is effected by means of a tens coupling member24,.bearing a tooth 25 (Figs. 1, 4, '5) which normally is in the path ofthe tens setting teeth '26 of thecorresponding order. In the passage ofthe counting wheel of the lower order from 9 to 0, tooth 26 strikes upontooth 25 which rotates the coupling member 24, 45, thereby- Tooth 39 andgap 41 of disk 38' operate upon gara es teeth as and s2 successively torotate the member 24 an additional 90, which in turn causes eccentric 18to rock counter-clockwise, thereby imposing another unit of movementupon the counting wheel of the next higher order, at the end of whichmovement the parts find themselves in the'position indicated in Fig. 6.It is to be noted that the execution of the transfer movement takesplace successively in the several orders by arrangin the teeth 39 andgaps 41 upon actuatingdisks 38 in the several orders in an offsetrelationship. This is indicated in Fig. 3. Where an unusually largenumber of orders is involved resortmust be disk 51 with its actuatingteeth 47-49, mounted upon the shaft 15, passes idly by tooth 43 of therestoring pinion 30 mounted upon shaft 36.

In the case that a transfer had taken place during the preceding machineoperation, and the position of the parts is as indicated in Fig. 6,tooth 45 of the pinion 30 is in the path of tooth 47 of the restoringdisk 51. Upon rotation of shaft 15, pinion 30 is rotatedcounter-clockwise in Fig. 6 by the action of teeth 4749 upon teeth 45 to43. The counter-clockwise rotation of shaft 36 effects a clockwiserotation of coupling member 24 (Fig. 3) which in the latter portion ofits movement, entrains eccentric 18, by means of abutting surfaces 2729,to rockit back into its normal position. (Figs. 4, 5), in preparednessfor an actuation upon another transfer taking place in that order, whenthe totalizer frames are rocked into engaging position. It is to benoted that the actuating teeth 4749 upon restoring disks 51 of allthe-ordersare in .the same relative position, whereby the restoringfunction is performed simultaneously in all the orders. Before, anothertens-transfer can be performed, the eccentrics are aligned by surfaces55 upon disks56 acting upon cut-outs 57 of the eccentrics 18.

In Figs. 7-10 is illustrated a refinement upon the tens-transfermechanism illustrated in Figs. 1-6. Bysubdividing shaft 15 into aplurality of parts, into two portions 15 and 15', as illustrated in theshowing, and driving these parts successively, it is possible to obtaina successive actuation of the transfer mechanisms without necessitatingan impractical enlargement of the circumferential dimensions of theactuating disks 38, when a machine having a large number. of orders isinvolved. 0n the other hand, the restoring function performed by theshaft portions 15 and 15', is effected simultaneously. Furthermore thetransmission system is so designed that at total taking operations theactuation of shaft portions -15 and 15 is disabled so that no idleoperation is necessary to effect a restoration of the displaced transfermembers before totals may be'taken.

Itrmay be noted from Figs. 8 and 9 that the teeth 88' and 88-are in-,the same position on both driving disks 8'! and 8'! which makespossible the simultaneous operation of shaft portions 15 and 15 duringthat part of the movement which effects a restoration of the transfermembers that may be displaced. On the other hand, the teeth 89 and 89are displaced with respect to each other so that a movement is firstimparted to shaft portion 15' through its several transmission elements89', 85', 64, 63, 62, 61, 58, 59 and shaft 15, after which the-same islocked against movement by locking face 93, during which time the teeth89 actuate shaft portion 15 through the corresponding elements. Theextent of movement imparted to shaft portions15 and 15 by tooth portion88, 89', and 88, 89 respectively are 120 and 240' respectively andcorrespond to the movements associated with shaft 15 in the embodimentillustrated in Figs. 1-6. The driving disks 87 and 8'7 and the lockingdisks 93 and 93' are designed to perform two successive series ofoperations upon shaft portions 15' and 15 during a single revolution ofthese disks.

At the taking of totals, the shaft portions 15 and 15' are disabledwhereby no restoration of tens-transfer members takes place .at thebeginning of the machine cycle and therefore zeroizing operations may beperformed during this period without previously executing a blankoperation. This effect is produced by the control exercised by the modeof operation of lever 82 upon the transmission elements as illustratedin Fig. 8.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. The combination with a totalizer comprising counting members for aplurality of orders, of tens transmitting devices forall orders of saidtotalizer except the lowest, adapted to impart a unit movement to thecounting members of their respective orders; actuating means for saiddevices arranged in separate groups, each group including the actuatingmeans for a plurality of orders the actuating means in each group beingadapted to act successively upon the devices with which they arecoordinated; means whereby the actuation of each of said devices by saidactuating means is controlled by the counting member of the next lowerorder; devices for restoring actuated tens transmitting devices;actuating means for. said restoring devices arranged in groups; meansfor driving said first-mentioned groups of actuating means successivelybeginning with the group coordinated with the lower orders; and meansfor driving said second mentioned groups of actuating meanssimultaneously.

2. The combination with a totalizer comprising counting members for aplurality of orders, of tens transmitting devices for all orders of saidtotalizer except the lowest, adapted to impart a unit movement'to thecounting members of their respective orders; actuating means for saiddevices; means whereby the actuation of each of said devices by saidactuating means is controlled by the counting member of the next lowerorder; devices for restoring actuated tens transmitting devices;actuating means for said restoring devices; said. actuating means beingarranged in separate groups, each group including means for actuatingsaid tens transmitting and restoring devices of a plurality of orders;and driving means adapted to drive said groups successively, beginningwith the group coordinated with the lower orders, for the actuation ofsaid tens transmitting devices, and

adapted to drive said groups simultaneously for the actuation of saidrestoring devices.

3. The combination recited in claim 1, in which each of said groups ofactuating means consists of a shaft and actuating devices fixed thereon;said driving means comprising an intermittent driving and locking gearcomposed of a plurality of driving and locking members rigidly connectedtogether, one driving and locking member being associated with each ofsaid shafts; and transmission gears interposed between said driving andlocking members and their respective shafts.

4. The combination recited in claim 1, in which said groups of actuatingmeans consist of coaxial actuating shafts and actuating devices fixedthereon; a countershaft, parallel with said actuating shafts, on whichsaid restoring devices are mounted; said driving means being directlyconnected with one of said actuating shafts and the end of saidcountershaft adjacent thereto; and means connecting the other end ofsaid countershaft with another of said actuating shafts.

5. The combination recited in claim 1, in which each of said groups ofactuating means consists of a shaft and actuating devices fixed thereon;said driving means comprising an intermittent driving and locking gearcomposed of a plurality of driving and locking members rigidly connectedtogether, one driving and locking member being associated with each ofsaid shafts; transmission gears interposed between said driving andlocking members and their respective shafts, and a common intermittentdriving and locking gear for alternately positively moving and lockingsaid driving and locking members.

6. The combination recited inclaim 1, in which each of said groups ofactuating means consists of a shaft andactuating devices fixed thereon;said driving means comprising an intermittent driving and locking gearcomposed of a plurality of driving and locking members rigidly connectedtogether, one driYina-andmlceking member being associated with each ofsaid shafts; and transmission gears interposed between said driving andlocking members and their respective shafts, each of said transmissiongears comprising a driving wheel positively connected with thecorresponding driving and locking member, a driven wheel connected withthe corresponding one of said shafts, said wheels being of the same sizeand coaxially mounted, and a coupling pinion connecting said wheelstogether; a rockable carrier on which the coupling pinions of saidtransmission gears are mounted; and means for rocking said carrier todisengage said coupling pinions.

7. The combination recited in claim 1, in which each of said groups ofactuating means consists of a shaft and actuating devices fixed thereon;said driving means comprising an intermittent driving and locking gearcomposed of a plurality of driving and locking members rigidly connectedtogether, one driving and locking member being associated with each ofsaid shafts; and transmission gears interposed between said driving andlocking members and theirprespective shafts, each of said transmissiongears comprising a driving wheel positively con nected with thecorresponding driving and locking member, a driven wheel connected withthe corresponding one of said "shafts, said wheels being .of-the samesize and coaxially mounted,

ting member, and a member connected with saidcarrier and controlled bysaid cam.

8. The combination recited in claim 1, in

which each of said groups of actuating means consists of a shaft andactuating devices iixed thereon; said driving means comprising anintermittent driving and locking gear composed of a plurality of drivingand locking members rigidly connected together, one driving andlockingmember being associated with each of said shafts; and transmission gearsinterposed between said driving and locking members and their respectiveshafts, each of said transmission gears comprising a driving wheelpositively connected with the corresponding driving and looking member,a driven wheel connected with the corresponding one of said shafts, saidwheels being of the same size and coaxially mounted, and a couplingpinion connecting said wheels together; arockable carrier on which thecoupling pinions of said transmission gears are mounted; and means for:1: said carrier to disengage said coupling pinions; said carrier havinlocking noses adapted to engage said driven wheels when said couplingpinions are disengaged.

9. The combination with .a multiple totalizer oi the type havingcounting members of the same order of all the totalizer-s mounted sideby side on a common axle, of tens coupling members pivotally mountedopposite the counting embers of each of the orders of said totalizersexcept the highest, each of said coupling mem= bers having alongitudinal tooth adapted to be engaged by tens setting teeth of allcounting members of the corresponding order, whereby said tens couplingmembers are set for the transmission of tensptens transmission means between said tens coupling members and the count== ing members of the nexthigher order; actuating means adapted to engage tens coupling membersset by tens setting teeth and to impart thereto a supplemental tenstransmitting motion; and means for restoring actuated tens couplingmembers and tens transmission means.

10. The combination with a multiple totalizer of the type havingcounting members of the same order of all the totalizers mounted side byside on a common axle, of tens coupling members pivotally mountedopposite the counting members of each of theorders of said totalizersexcept the highest, each of said coupling members having a longitudinaltooth. adapted to be engaged by tens setting teeth oi all countingmembers of the corresponding order, whereby said tens coupling membersare set for the transmission of tens; tens transmission means betweens'aid tens coupling members and the counting members of the next higherorder; ac tuating means adapted to engage tens coupling members set bytens setting teeth and to impart thereto a supplemental tens tratt motion; means for restoring actuated tens coupling members and ,tenstransmission means; a set of locking teeth on each of said tens coupling members; and a spring click engaging said 100 teeth.

11. The combination with a totalizer comprising counting members for aplurality of orders, of tens transmitting devices for all orders of saidtotalizer except the lowest, adaptedto impart a unit movement to thecounting members of their respective orders; actuating means for saiddevicesv arranged in separate groups, each group including the actuatingmeans for a plurality of orders, the actuating means in each group beingadapted to act successively upon the devices with which they arecoordinated; means whereby the actuation of each of said devices by saidactuating means is controlled by the counting member of the next lowerorder; devices for restoring actuated tens transmitting devices;actuating means for said restoring devices arranged in groups; means fordriving said first-mentioned groups of actuating means successivelybeginning with the group coordinated with the lower orders; means fordriv ing said second-mentioned groups of actuating means for saidrestoring devices; and means for disabling the efiects of said drivingmeans on said actuating means.

12. The combination with a totalizer comprising counting members for aplurality of orders, of tens transmitting devices for all orders of saidtotalizer except the lowest, adapted to impart a unit movement to thecounting members oftheir respective orders; actuating means for saiddevices arranged in separate groups,

1 driving said first-mentioned groups of actuating means successivelybeginning with the group coordinated with the lower orders; means fordriving said second-mentioned groups of actunecting said driving meansfrom said actuating means; and locking means for said actuating meansadapted to become operative when the latter are disconnected from saiddriving means.

-ating means simultaneously; means for discon- 13. The combinationwith,a multiple t t n of the type having counting members of the sameorder of all the totalizers mounted side by side on acommon axle, oftens coupling members pivotally mounted opposite the counting members ofeach of the orders of said totalizers except the highest, each of saidcoupling members having a longitudinal tooth adapted to be engaged bytens setting teeth of' all counting members of the corresponding order,whereby said tens coupling members are set for the transmission oi tens;tens transmission means between said tens coupling members and thecounting members of the next higher order; actuating means operated fromthe machine drive adaptedto engage tens coupling membersset by tenssetting teeth and to impart thereto a supplemental tens transmittingmotion; 1 and means for restoring actuated tens coupling members andtens transmission means.

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